Project in memory of pioneering black footballer

Connect FM

January 25, 2018 06:33 am

Northampton Town is working closely with the TULL100 project – in memory of one of the country’s first black professional footballers.

One hundred years after his death, the achievements of Walter Tull, the first man of black heritage to become an officer and lead men into battle in the British Army will be commemorated through a series of community engagement projects, backed by the governing bodies of football in England.

After making his mark as a talented local football player, he went on to become one of Britain’s first professional players from a black heritage, playing first for Clapton F.C before being signed by Tottenham Hotspur and later transferring to Northampton Town in the then Southern League.